"-I don’t want to be boxed in; I’m a pretty free soul"

Monica Förster, one of Sweden’s leading interior designers, meets host Thommy Bindefeld to talk about her background, her collaborations, and her ambition to always add poetry to her design.

Raised in the small town of Dorotea, close to the Arctic Circle in the far north of Sweden, Monica has become one of the country’s foremost designers.

She has worked, and continues to work, with many of the most renowned international brands.

For the past ten years, Monica has collaborated with the Bosnian woodcraft company Zanat as Creative Director and designer.

"-I was more interested in fashion actually"

In this episode, ArtVox is proud to present the Swedish artist Cecilia Edefalk.

We visited her studio in Kärrtorp, Stockholm, to talk to her about her work, her life, and the experiences that have stayed with her over the years.

She shares memories from childhood and speaks about how August Strindberg became someone she found herself in dialogue with.

The conversation offers a intimate insight into one of Sweden’s most influential contemporary artists.

Vi sänder direkt från Stockholm Stadshotells frukostservering en lördag per månad.

Du kan lyssna när du vill och var du vill. Vi vill göra din frukost ännu härligare!

Sprid ordet om oss och följ oss också här på Spotify och på vår Instagram ⁠, så vet ni alltid när det kommer något nytt.

Gäster:

Tinni Rappe, Stockholm School of Economics, ansvarig för SSE Art Division.

Sara Berner, Director Market Art Fair.

Max Edenborg, Juryordförande Augustpriset skönlitteratur.

Kasper Kleihs, Chocolatier, Nordisk mästare och klar för kommande Världsmästerskapet.

Sofia Curman, Filmskapare om hennes nya dokumentär om Cecilia Edefalk.

Carl-Johan Olsson, Om livet som curator för 1800-talskonsten på Nationalmuseum.

Programledare och redaktion: Richard Feigin, Astrid Birnbaum och Hanna Bergström.

Producent: Richard Feigin

In late 2025, Frank Gehry passed away. Ten years earlier, in 2015, Johan Dehlin, an architect and architecture photographer, took off to California on a book project. He wanted to visit and photograph some of the buildings Frank Gehry designed in the 70s and 80s. This period of Gehry's work was all about exploring vernacular design, or as Frank himself described his own architecture: cheapskate. It took Johan another ten years before the book was finally released in June 2025, just months before Frank passed away.

I met with Johan and we talked about him being an architect, about how he became a photographer of buildings, and then we did a deep dive into his book Five Buildings by Frank Gehry. We talked about the specific designs of each building, the struggle to get access to them, and Johan's personal experiences of being inside every one of them.

About your host, Richard Feigin

Architecture caught me in my teens and has never let go. At 15 I bought my first book on the subject and flicked through the pages so many times I knew the buildings by heart. This podcast is a direct result of that deep interest in architecture.

Vi sänder direkt från Stockholm Stadshotells frukostservering en lördag per månad.

Du kan lyssna när du vill och var du vill. Vi vill göra din frukost ännu härligare!

Sprid ordet om oss och följ oss också här på Spotify och på vår ⁠, så vet ni alltid när det kommer något nytt.

Gäster:

Marie Karlberg, Beau Travail Galleri

Carl Jan Granqvist, Grythyttan och Gastronomiska Akademien

Stephen Mckenzie, Hangmen Studio

Eva Livijn och Ulrika Flink, Lifelines utställning hos Art Space

Leo Forssell, Arranging Things och Used Icons

Max Schiller, Eytys

Vid den här tiden var Patrick chef för Statens Konstråd.

Innan dess hade han arbetat i New York på Brooklyn Museum och därefter Skissernas museum i Lund. Han har en Ph.D i konst och arkitekturhistoria från The Institute of Fine Arts, New York University.

Idag är han chef för Nationalmuseum i Stockholm.

Intervjun ägde rum på Taverna Brillo med moderator Carl Carboni.

When did Thomas Sandell first realize he wanted to become an architect?

Welcome to Arch Vox, the podcast on all things architecture. In this first episode, I sat down with Thomas Sandell, one of the most recognized Swedish architects of our time.

He moves freely between designing houses, shoes, furniture, and interiors. It may seem like a given now, but Thomas's first year at architecture school in Stockholm was far from successful.

What struck me most during our conversation was his curiosity and openness, perhaps the very qualities that make adding joy to his designs one of his signatures.

I'm Richard Feigin, editor of this podcast and founder of Super Vox. Architecture has been in my life since I was 15, when I started collecting books on the topic. I did an internship at an architecture firm at 18, and ever since, I've continued exploring this fascinating field.

Vi sänder direkt från Stockholm Stadshotells frukostservering en lördag per månad.

Du kan lyssna när du vill och var du vill. Vi vill göra din frukost ännu härligare!

Sprid ordet om oss och följ oss också här på Spotify och på vår ⁠⁠Instagram⁠, så vet ni alltid när det kommer något nytt.

Gäster:

• 00:00:00 Hej! Gästerna i dagens sändning.

• 00:02:00 Diana Orving om sin nya utställning och konstnärskap.

• 00:15:30 Frida Vega om sin (djupa) passion fridyk. Håll andan i 4 minuter.

• 00:29:25 Boksamtal, Hanna Bergström med Soraya Bay, debutant med sin novellsamling Ymnighetshornet

• 00:47:39 Jacob Skragge om att skapa All Blues och vad vi kan vänta oss härnäst.

• 01:02:27 Ellen Hedin om NAFF Studios och kärnan till hennes design och skapande.

• 01:15:18 Ellen Wettmark och Joanna Nordin om Bonniers Konsthall 20 år. Ny grafisk profil, mängder med utställningar.

• 01:30:08 Andres Basile om hotellets bar, Stockholms bästa 2025.

• 01:44:11 Hej då! Vad hände med Astrid i morse?

Programledare och redaktion: Richard Feigin, Astrid Birnbaum och Hanna Bergström.

Producent: Richard Feigin

⁠Boka ett rum eller frukost, lunch, middag på Stockholm Stadshotell